Java MIDlet runs Google Local maps on mobile devices

Bravo, Google. Jim Liddle reports that the company's successfully incorporated Ajax-style functionality in mobile environments, through a Java MIDlet (as if there's any other kind) that renders Google Local maps on microbrowsers. I've blogged my concerns for using Ajax programming in mobile apps, and how features delivered by remote scripting might be lost in translation when ported over to wireless devices. The amazing thing is that the MIDlet apparently is only 38k.

Good to know someone's been able to pull it off.